Armed Forces Pest
Management Board
Technical
GUIDE No. 1
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AFPMB
Publications
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Published and Distributed by
Armed Forces Pest Management Board
Defense Pest
Management Information
Analysis Center
Forest Glen Section/Walter
Reed Army
Medical Center
Washington, DC 20307-5001
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Installations & Environment)
April 2003
AFPMB TECHNICAL GUIDES
This is one of a series of
Technical Guides (TGs) published by the Defense Pest Management Information
Analysis Center (DPMIAC), Armed Forces Pest Management Board (AFPMB). The AFPMB is a directorate within the Office
of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) that
recommends policies and procedures, provides guidance, and coordinates the
exchange of information related to pest management throughout the Department of
Defense (DoD). As a unit of the AFPMB,
DPMIAC collects, stores and disseminates published and unpublished information
on arthropod vectors and pests, natural resources, and environmental biology
important to the DoD. Other DPMIAC
products include country- or region-specific Disease Vector Ecology Profiles
(DVEPs). All TGs and DVEPs, as well as
DPMIAC’s database of over 200,000 articles on pest management and medical
zoology, are available at the AFPMB Web site <http://www.afpmb.org>.
TGs (formerly Technical Information Memoranda or TIMs) are not policy
documents; rather, they provide technical guidance for the use of the DoD pest
management community and others.
Accordingly, TGs should not be construed or referenced as policy. DoD pest management policies may be found in
DoD Instruction 4715.1, "Environmental Security," DoD Instruction
4150.7, "DoD Pest Management Program," other DoD directives and
instructions, and implementing component directives/instructions/ regulations.
Inquiries, comments or suggestions for improving TGs may be
directed to the Chief, DPMIAC, at (301) 295-7476, FAX (301) 295-7473.
The purpose
of this guide is to provide an overview of the mission of the Armed Forces Pest
Management Board (AFPMB) and to provide a single reference document listing
AFPMB publications relevant to executing the Department of Defense (DoD) pest
management program.
1) It is DoD policy to establish and maintain a safe, effective, and environmentally sound
integrated pest management program to prevent or control disease vectors and
pests that may adversely impact military readiness or operations (reference 2.a). The DoD pest management program applies
to all DoD operations, activities, and installations worldwide including
appropriated fund activities, non-appropriated fund activities, contracted
activities, and Government-owned, contractor-operated facilities.
2) The
AFPMB is the organization responsible for coordinating the DoD pest management
program (reference 2.b). The AFPMB does this by recommending policy, providing guidance, and
coordinating the exchange of information on all matters related to pest
management. The Board accomplishes its
mission by developing and recommending policy to the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics through the Under Secretary of
Defense for Installations and Environment.
3) Tasks associated with the AFPMB mission
include:
a) Developing and maintaining manuals and other guidance necessary to
implement the technical requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (reference 2.c).
b) Implementing the DoD plan for certification of pesticide
applicators and develops comprehensive training guidance for DoD pest
management personnel (reference 2.d and reference 2.e).
c) Coordinating DoD contingency disease vector and pest management
activities with the Joint Staff, the
Combatant Commands and other contingency planning organizations.
d) Serving as an advisory body to the DoD Components and providing
timely scientific and professional pest management advice.
e) Developing and distributing technical information and guidance on
pest management to the Components by means of Technical Guides (TGs), formerly
known as Technical Information Memoranda (TIMs), Bulletins (TIBs), Disease
Vector Ecology Profiles (DVEPs) and similar publications (Section
3).
f) Reviewing and approving the acquisition, stocking, and deletion of
pest management materiel (excluding disinfectants and biocides) by the Defense
Logistics Agency (DLA) into the DoD supply system (Section 3).
g) Coordinating and developing requirements for pest management
research, development, testing and evaluation in the DoD.
h) Operating the Defense
Pest Management
Information Analysis
Center (DPMIAC).
a.
DoD
Directive 4715.1, Environmental
Security
http://web7.whs.osd.mil/pdf/d47151p.pdf
b.
DoD
Instruction 4150.7,
DoD Pest Management Program
http://web7.whs.osd.mil/pdf/i41507p.pdf
c.
Chapter
6, Section 136 et seq. of title 7, United States Code, Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 1976 (FIFRA), as amended
d.
DoD
Instruction 4150.7-P,
DoD Plan for the Certification of Pesticide Applicators
http://www.afpmb.org/pubs/dir_inst/dir_inst.htm
e.
DoD
Instruction 4150.7-M,
DoD Pest Management Training and Certification
http://www.afpmb.org/pubs/dir_inst/dir_inst.htm
Section 3. AFPMB Publications
The latest versions of all the
publications mentioned herein, as well as other valuable pest management
information and links, are available on the AFPMB web site at http://www.afpmb.org/ .
TGs are technical guidance documents prepared by the AFPMB
on specific pest management and disease vector control topics. They are located at http://www.afpmb.org/pubs/tims/tims.htm. TGs are reviewed annually by their sponsoring
AFPMB standing committee to determine if they need to be updated.
1)
TG
1, AFPMB
Publications, 2003. This document provides an overview of the
mission of the Armed Forces Pest Management Board (AFPMB) and to provide a
single reference document listing AFPMB publications relevant to executing the
Department of Defense (DoD) pest management program.